About Ms. Kawi
Ms. Kawi is a 6-8 ELA teacher and instructional coach. She runs an Instagram account (@Ms_Kawi), publishes newsletters here on Substack, and writes monthly for PBS Teachers’ Lounge. She recently completed three projects for Learning for Justice Teaching Tolerance and was a recipient of the 2020 Teach For Justice grant by TPT.
Areas of Interest: critical pedagogy (empowering, participatory, and decolonizing), backwards design, culturally relevant teaching, culturally responsive teaching, critical literacy, intersectionality
Inspirations: Gloria Ladson-Billings, Sonia Nieto, Ira Shor, Zaretta Hammond, Linda Darling-Hammond, Dr. Bettina Love, Lisa D. Delpit, bell hooks, Audre Lorde
My Work: building and sustaining community of independent learners; interrupting and dismantling oppressive classroom and schooling practices; supporting teachers in unlearning teacher neutrality; coaching teachers on the dimensions of equity; unpacking dominant ideology and its manifestations on teaching, learning and relationships; providing resources and education that leads to student, family, and community empowerment
Beliefs: students first; education for liberation; there is clear line between teacher ideology and student outcome
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Instagram: @mskawi
TpT: @Ms-Kawi
LinkedIn: @tkawi
E-mail: mskawi1023@gmail.com
